THE STORIES I TELL MYSELF

Musée de l'Homme

A few of my works will be part of a group exhibition, Figures de Femmes Totem d'Outre-mer, at Musée de l'Homme in Paris.

The exhibition is curated by Gilles Elie-Dit-Cosaque and will be up for 5 days (March 8, 2018-March 12, 2018).

TULSA ARTIST FELLOWSHIP

I have been awarded a 2018 Tulsa Artist Fellowship. For more info, click on Tulsa

Group Exhibition in LA area: Diasporagasm

October 5 – November 18, 2017

South Bay Contemporary Gallery in conjunction with Michael Stearns Studio 347 presents a co-located multi-media exhibition Diasporagasm. Diasporagasm is curated by Beyoncenista – artist April Bey’s alter ego – and acts as a performance bringing together melanated artists working in Los Angeles, Haiti, Ghana, the Caribbean and West Africa.

Drawing from the groundbreaking film Moonlight—a timeless story of human connection and self-discovery, the curator appropriates, amends and recontextualizes the juxtaposition of art race and gender.

The works in this exhibition will be from 15 artists who identify as black, but the work itself will not be “black art”. Rather conversations about what it means through individualism to be black, geographic differentiations in culture.

EXPO CHICAGO SEPTEMBER 22ND-SEPTEMBER 25TH

TART COLLECTIVE : A BAD QUESTION

This online exhibition is part of A Bad Question: An Exhibition and Forum on Race and Feminism. The criteria for works was "self-selection". The artists may not necessarily categorize their work as "feminist artwork", and surely have differing opinions about feminism. The goal is to provide support for women artists. This action of support is part of tART's feminism.

THE SUBJECT IS BLACK

Art exhibition and salon aims to intervene into the global conversation about the "Black" body, a body that is perpetually in flux via restraint, attack, denial et al. Here these eight artists use the body as the predominant theme, gendered and sexualized in all its strength and glory, questioning a 21st century predicament and narrative.

MOKO MAGAZINE

I'm featured in this Caribbean magazine...along with another Haitian artist (and friend) Manuel Mathieu. Check it out at Moko

MARTINIQUE BIENNALE NOV 22-JAN 15

We are delighted to invite you to participate in the 1st edition of the International Contemporary Arts Biennale in Martinique (also known as BIAC MARTINIQUE). The exhibition will be held in Morne-Rouge (Martinique) from November 22nd, 2013 to January 15th 2014. The exhibition takes writer Aimé Césaire legacy of Negritude as inspiration for examining way cultural identity is reconceived within post-colonial paradigm. This exhibition will showcase thirty artists from the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, and North America.

Organized by Tumelo Mosaka (Curator of Contemporary Art at the Krannert Art Museum), University of Illinois, this exhibition focuses on the various ways artists from around the world respond to issues about identity particularly those defined by race and ethnicity. This question of identity has pervaded nearly every aspect of contemporary life raising issues too complex to be easily resolved. More specifically, the exhibition challenges some of the basic assumptions that are deeply ingrained in our social fabric about personal and public identities. These identities on the one hand are discovered and claimed, and on the other, are fluid and changing. They are specific to place and time, yet also evolving and transforming.

The Feminist Wire

FEATURE IN JOURNAL

FEATURE IN JOURNAL

Check it out |http://sotospeakjournal.org/2012/09/20th-anniversary-fall-issue-is-here/|So to Speak Journal

ALL THINGS ARE EXHIBITION

All Things Are Gallery at Porter Mill Wednesday August 1 - Friday August 24 Opening Reception Saturday August 4 Curated by Brad Silk and Catie-rae Zappala of One Animal Gallery at Porter Mill

FEATURE IN CULTURAL HALL

"Florine Demosthene is a Haitian-born artist currently based in New York City whose work explores stereotypes and representation of the black female body. Her provocative series of mixed media drawings, The Capture, portrays a voluptuous black heroine in surreal vignettes that appear like sexually charged dreams. This mythic figure is mostly naked in each scene with powerful thighs, sagging breasts, and protruding stomach — the very antithesis of the ideal female form in Western culture. Demosthene boldly reveals her subject's inner world and erotic experiences amidst a landscape of decay and destruction. In interviews with the artist, she discusses how observing women on a trip to Africa, as well as reading Gulliver's Travels, inspired the creation of more than forty-five of these pieces. Through vibrant washes, emotive streaks of charcoal, and nuanced narratives, The Capture weaves its own epic tale of degradation, empowerment, and self-discovery."

GROUP EXHIBITION AT DELL PRYOR GALLERY

I shall have several works as part of a group exhibition at Dell Pryor Gallery in Detroit, Michigan. The exhibition will open on Friday, September 30th and will run through the end of October. If you are in the Detroit area, do stop by and check it out. For more information, go to Dell Pryor Gallery

EROTIC ART WEEK PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD

I will have 2 pieces as part of this arts festival. For more information, go to Erotic Art Week

GOV ISLAND ART FAIR

Come and check out my work during the month of September on Gov Island. There is a free ferry from Brooklyn (at the end of Atlantic Avenue) and a free ferry from Manhattan (at South Ferry next to the SI Ferry). The island is open to the public on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

THE AFRICAN & CARIBBEAN DESIGN DIASPORA

I shall be participating in this festival which will be in London from September 9th - 25th 2011. For more info go to: AACDD

HARD CANDY Sculpture Exhibition

I will exhibit a new sculpture piece, Hard Candy, at the Playtime Trade Show this Saturday. This new work is a commissioned piece by the organizers of this international trade show. I must give a big 'shout out' to Jasmine for recommending me for this project.

There will be a cocktail reception this Saturday, July 30, 2011 at 6pm and the exhibit will be up for just 2 days.

Playtime Trade Show 82 Mercer Street between Spring & Broome Streets

FEATURE IN ARC MAGAZINE

My work has been featured in ARC magazine premiere issue! You can go to arcmagazine to check it out.